RJD has set up jail tourism cell after Lalu's arrest: Sushil

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Press Trust of India Patna
Last Updated : Feb 02 2018 | 8:25 PM IST
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi today took potshots at the opposition RJD saying the party has set up a "jail tourism cell" following imprisonment of its chief Lalu Prasad in fodder scam cases.
Sushil Modi's caustic remark came in the backdrop of RJD leaders visiting Ranchi jail to meet Prasad and its vice president Shivanand Tiwari making a trip to Saharsa jail today to meet mafia don-turned-politician Anand Mohan.
"After the arrest of Lalu Prasad, the RJD seems to have set up a jail tourism cell", the senior BJP leader said in a tweet.
The RJD supremo is in Ranchi Birsa Munda jail since December 23 in connection with a multi-crore fodder scam case.
After meeting Mohan, who is serving life sentence for the murder of an IAS officer in the early 1990s, Tiwary had said the former Sheohar MP was "a nice man who has been framed in a criminal case" and their meeting was a "courtesy call".
The Bihar Deputy CM remarked in a sarcastic tweet "some people are in a Ranchi prison following conviction in fodder scam. Some are serving sentences for seriuos cases of murder. Statements are given in defence of these convicted prisoners and fingers raised at the judiciary".

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First Published: Feb 02 2018 | 8:25 PM IST

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